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Management Team – Core Group
Institutions	Research	Focal Person
Harvard University	Geospatial Analysis	Dr. Wendy Guan, Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard University. Boston, United States http://gis.harvard.edu/
University of Maryland	Administration and Management	Prof. Thomas H. Snitch, Institute for Advanced Computer Studies College Park, University of Maryland, United States and Visiting Professor of UNU-IAS, Japan. www.umd.cmns.edu
Lusaka Agreement	Public Administration	Mr. Bonaventure Ebayi, Director, Lusaka Agreement Task Force Nairobi, Kenya www.lusakaagreement.org
United Nations University – Institute of Advanced Studies	Science, Technology and Innovation	Prof. Govindan Parayil, Vice Rector, United Nations University and Director, UNU-IAS Yokohama, Japan www.ias.unu.edu/sub_page.aspx?catID=78&ddlID=791
United Nations University – Campus Computing Centre (C3)	ICT for Development	Dr. Ng Chong, Director, UNU-C3 Tokyo, Japan www.c3.unu.edu/p15
Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente	Governance	Mr. Remi Chandran, Dept of Planning and Geo-information management, Enschede, Netherlands www.itc.nl/about_itc/resumes/chandran26853.aspx

Governance Working Group
Institutions	Research	Focal Person
Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente	Governance	Mr. Remi Chandran, PhD Researcher, Dept of Planning and Geo-information management Enschede, Netherlands www.itc.nl/about_itc/resumes/chandran26853.aspx
Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente	Governance	Prof. Yola Georgiadou Professor, Geo-information for Governance, Dept of Planning and Geo-information management Enschede, Netherlands www.itc.nl/about_itc/resumes/georgiadou.aspx
School of Management and Governance, University of Twente	Governance	Prof. Robert Hoppe, Professor of Policy and Knowledge, Faculty of Business, Public Administration and Technology, University of Twente Enschede, Netherlands www.utwente.nl/mb/steps/people/scientific/hoppe
Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente	Governance	Dr. Walter De Vries, Assistant Professor, Geo-information for Governance, Dept of Planning and Geo-information management Enschede, Netherlands www.itc.nl/about_itc/resumes/devries.aspx
ICT Working Group
Institutions	Research	Focal Person
United Nations University – Campus Computing Centre (C3)	ICT for Development, harnessing the benefits of mobile and cloud computing	Dr. Ng Chong, Director, UNU-C3 Tokyo, Japan www.c3.unu.edu/p15
Oracle Labs, Brisbane, Australia	Researching on the security component in WEMS Ecomessaging	Dr. Padmanabhan Krishnan, Prof. Computer Science, Consulting Member of Technical Staff
System Engineer	WEMS Software development	Mr. N.V. Khoi Hanoi, Vietnam
Earth Institute- Columbia University	Developing CITES compliance indicators	Dr. Marc Levy, Deputy Director, CIESIN New York, United States www.ciesin.org/levy.html
ESRI Corporation	WEMS Software development	Mr. Peter Eredics, Forestry Manager ESRI, Redlands, California www.esri.com
United Nations University - Campus Computing Center (C3) (WEMS Initiative)	Communications and Website Updater -Internee	Mr Ronnie PHUTHEGO United Nations University - Campus Computing Center (C3) (WEMS Initiative), Tokyo, Japan Email. [email protected]
Environmental Policy Working Group
Institutions	Research	Focal Person
United Nations University – Institute of Advanced Studies	Environmental Impact Assessment	Dr. Christopher Doll, Research Fellow. http://www.ias.unu.edu/sub_page.aspx?catID=78&ddlID=1101
United Nations University – Institute of Advanced Studies	Environmental Impact Assessment	Dr. Manu Verghese Mathai http://unu.edu/faculty/manu-mathai

Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System Initiative

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